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Warning…some graphic content

“I need new panties.  These are dirty.  They have farted in them.”
Looking at Tita Ka’s belly…Tita Ka says, “My belly is getting bigger…”  Lexi kisses it and replies, “Yes, there’s a baby growing in there!”
We were driving by St. Joseph’s hospital the other night and I pointed it out to [...]

what do you mean? clothes are people too….at least in a merchants eyes!

I know exactly what you mean. There really *is* no other place/sitation where you can sit and have an entertaining 20 minute discussion on if skinny jeans really are trend-right or so last season other than the old job.
I never thought I would say it, but I miss the old merchant presentations with someone [...]

Can you believe he is already 6 months old?  His check up a couple weeks ago went well.  We happened to be going down to San Francisco because we sold our house and needed to move our things out of it.  So we took advantage of the fact that we would have him with us [...]

Good Stuff:  Paolo took some shots of us on Mother’s Day as we were waiting for a table at dinner….here’s one of my favorites:

Well, as fun as it has been living in the house we lovingly refer to as the “Liloc Hotel”, it is time for the Rice clan to spread its wings…actually, we are now taking advantage of the corporate housing that Amazon offered me with my job offer.  As generous as Andre and Karissa have been (and continue [...]

As many of you know, I accepted a position with Amazon.  I am a Sr. Account Manager with their Enterprise Services group.  This is the area in Amazon that sells their e-commerce platform to other retailers.  The most popular being www.target.com, and also including retailers like www.bebe.com and www.bombaycompany.com as well as less traditional retailers such as www.nbastore.com.  I [...]

I got onto your blog today expecting an update after the Karissa news… no update since her b-day…

Ok, Ok – I get the message!  I know it has been a long time – I have been getting complaints that the last time I wrote was Karissa’s birthday….sorry!  It has been just a little bit crazy with me starting a new job and us trying to sell our house in California and looking for [...]